Artwork copyright Lang Wei. Photo courtesy of Washington State Arts Commission, 2021.

Artwork copyright Lang Wei. Photo courtesy of Washington State Arts Commission, 2021.

Welcome Eastern Light, 1998

Lang Wei
Chinese (born 1959)

Location: Office of the Washington State Treasurer, Olympia

About the Artwork

The landscape Welcome Eastern Light by artist Liang Wei uses color, light, and shadow to investigate how images of nature can represent universal human feelings. He refers to his painting style as "altered realism."

This artwork was acquired for the State Art Collection in partnership with Office of the Washington State Treasurer.

About the Artist

Born in Sichuan, China, Liang Wei began studying art as a child, and went on to receive his Bachelor of Arts in Fine Arts and Master of Arts in Printmaking from the Sichuan Academy of Fine Arts. In 1989, he moved to Seattle as a visiting scholar at the University of Washington's Audio-Visual Education Center for two years. He lives and works in Bothell, Washington.